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When responding to an emergency situation, ensuring safe excreta disposal is an urgent priority in the disaster relief effort.
This factsheet addresses current developments, challenges, gaps and solutions in the planning and implementation fo sustainable sani
In order to ensure maximum consumer benefits (e.g.
After a series of earthquakes devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 January 2010, safe excreta disposal became an urgent priority.
The response to the Haiti earthquake in 2010 highlighted the use of rented portable toilets in emergency context.
Safe excreta disposal is a top priority in an emergency, but one that takes time and extensive resources to implement.
Emergency water treatment approaches relying on coagulation vary from centralised modular and portable ‘‘kits’’ to ‘‘
Sanitation is an issue often neglected in development decision making.
In a large malaria outbreak in the context of civil war in Burundi, provincial health authority and Médecins
Batch water treatment consists of the intermittent use of settling tanks for water clarification, and is a common treatment practice